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1891. Papyrus 2502(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2502(A-B)
Title:
Excerpt from Register recording Civic Status (P.Diog. 7, TM 10716), and Tax Document (P.Diog. 43, TM 26622)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Diog. 7, TM 10716): Beginning of an extract in red ink from a register recording privileged civic status. Flavia Primigenia, freedwoman of Flavia Rufilla, acting with her guardian, confirms Roman citizenship for her son Quintus Iulius Gaianus, and encloses various documents ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
132-248
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Fragment of the same papyrus as Papyrus 2510; complete at the top and broken off on all other sides; with writing on one side and the back blank. On the front, there are portions of 9 lines written along the fibres from the top of a column. The upper margin is extant.

Lower papyrus (B): Medium-to-dark-brown papyrus fragment, complete at the top and bottom; written on one side across the fibres. The back is blank. On the front, there are portions of 21 lines. Upper and lower margins survive.

1892. Papyrus 173

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 173
Title:
Notification of Death (P.Lond. II 173, C.Pap.Gr. II 21, TM 11640)
Scope & Content:
Thatres, daughter of Sarapion, of the village of Karanis, writes to Claudius Iulianus, royal scribe of the division of Herakleides, in the Arsinoite nome, to report the death of a certain Mersios. An order addressed to the village scribe follows.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 December 101
Extent:
Papyrus sheet with one small detached fragment; incomplete, lacking most of its right half, slightly damaged also along the left edge. The text runs along the fibres on one side, with the back blank; there is one column of 26 lines, most of which lack the ending. Upper (20 mm), lower (40 mm) and left margins are extant; the right margin is only partly preserved, but it was minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1893. Papyrus 242

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 242
Title:
Petition of Aboul to Abinnaeus (P.Abinn. 48, P.Lond. II 242, TM 10038)
Scope & Content:
Aurelius Aboul, son of Dionysius, of the village of Hermopolis, petitions Flavius Abinnaeus complaining that eleven of his sheep were secretly shorn at night and accusing a soldier called Paul, who was under Abinnaeus’ command. Paul had named further people as accomplices. In the postscript the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
29 June 346
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, damaged by holes especially in its central portion, and lacking the bottom right edge. Writing is on one side along the fibres. All margins are extant, the right being minimal. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1894. Papyrus 621

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 621
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Grenf. I 25, P.Lond. III 621 descr., TM 48346)
Scope & Content:
Agreement for the sale of an empty plot of land, drawn up in the office of the notary Heliodorus in Pathyris. The sellers are the priestess Naomsesis and her husband Stotoetis, priest of Suchus and Aphrodite, and the buyer is Sensuchus, son of Nechutes. Column 1: Summary of the deed. Column 2:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 May 114 BC
Extent:

Papyrus roll, broken off to the right, damaged by few holes, but otherwise well preserved. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. Two columns of varying height remain, the first having five complete lines; the second comprises twelve lines, the last three of which are indented; they all lack an average of four letters at the end. The third column is lost. Upper and lower margins are extant; no margin was left to the left. A sheet-join running across the fibres and along the height of the sheet is visible in the middle. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1895. Papyrus 657

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 657
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Grenf. II 23a, P.Lond. III 657 descr., TM 67)
Scope & Content:
Contract drawn up in Krokodilopolis at the office of the notary Paniscus recording the sale of two plots of land for a total of three aruras and a half at the price of nine talents. The sellers are Taous, aged 48, and her two sisters, with Taous’ husband as a guardian, and the buyers are Petehar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
15 November 107 BC
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus roll, complete and well preserved, displaying minor damage along the vertical folds and in the left edge; writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are three columns of varying height and width; the first is of 8 short lines; the second has 11 broad lines, with lines 3-11 being indented; the third has 4 broad lines, the last written in the middle of the column. The intercolumns between columns 1 and 2 and between columns 2 and 3 measure x mm and x mm respectively. Upper, lower and right margins are extant. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

1896. Papyrus 1676(A-B)

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1676(A-B)
Title:
Receipts (P.Lond. V 1753, TM 36933; P.Lond. V 1781, TM 36947)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (A) (P.Lond. V 1753, TM 36933): Receipt from Flavius Ioannes, pagarch of the Hermopolite nome, to Zacharias, assistant (boethos) of Sinalabe, a village of the Hermopolite nome, for the payment of five gold solidi and six carats; dated to the second half of the 7th century. The endo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:

Two papyrus sheets that do not belong together, housed in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (A): Light-brown slip, dark-stained in places, complete; written on both sides; on the front, there are 3 lines written across the fibres; all margins are extant. On the back, there is one line written along the fibres.

Lower papyrus (B): Dark-brown slip, complete but with some surface damage; writing on one side, the back being blank. On the front, there are 5 lines written along the fibres; margins are extant.

1897. Papyrus 237

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 237
Title:
Letter of Agathus to Abinnaeus concerning the Annona (P.Abinn. 26, P.Lond. II 237, TM 10024)
Scope & Content:
A letter to Abinnaeus from Agathus, a military accountant (actuarius), who is being detained in Arsinoe. Agathus asks that a certain Uranius be kept at Dionysias until his return so that he may check the accounts for the collection of the annona. Regulations of the dux as to the annona quotas co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
c. 346
Extent:

Light-brown papyrus sheet, fully preserved, although somewhat damaged at the bottom and slightly defaced in places. Writing is on both sides along the fibres, the back having a two-line docket. The recto has a two-line postscript written across the fibres, perpendicularly to the main text, running from the top to the bottom of the left margin. Vertical folds are visible. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

1898. Papyrus 634

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 634
Title:
Petition on a Case of Assault (P.Grenf. I 38, P.Lond. III 634 descr.,TM 262)
Scope & Content:
Petition to Numenius, strategus and chief of the bodyguards (archisomatophylax), from Pocas, a police official, who complains about an assault of which he was the victim, perpetrated by a priest of the temple of Suchus in Krokodilopolis in the Pathyrite nome. He asks that the offender be summoned.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
30 September 170 BC
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, almost complete but heavily damaged by holes located along the folds, especially in the lower half and at the top. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. There are 21 lines, which occupy slightly more than half of the sheet. The blank space at the bottom measures 135 mm. There is a sheet-join running along the height of the sheet at c. 20 mm from the left edge. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1899. Papyrus 827

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 827
Title:
Loan of Wheat (SB VIII 9764, P.Fay. 151 descr., P.Lond. III 827 descr., TM 5793)
Scope & Content:
Conclusion of an agreement for a loan of 6 artabas of wheat, with subscriptions of the borrowers Petesuchus, son of Pnepheros, and Onnophris, son of Petesuchus, written by others as they were illiterate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
49 BC
Extent:

Incomplete papyrus sheet, broken off at the top, lacking part of the bottom and damaged by insect holes throughout. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There are portions of 15 lines, the first two only having the beginnings. Blank space (25 mm) separates lines 2 and 3. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

1900. Papyrus 1902

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1902
Title:
Accounts and Census Return (P.Fam.Tebt. 48 = Pap.Lugd.Bat. VI 48, TM 91992, 20970)
Scope & Content:
Recto (TM 91992): Accounts of artabas of wheat arranged by date in several columns; unpublished. Verso (TM 20970): Declaration addressed to the strategus of the division of Herakleides in the Arsinoite nome by five citizens of Antinoopolis, Valerius alias Philantinous and Philantinous alias Her...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
202-203
Extent:
Portion of a papyrus roll, cut out to host the text on the back; riddled with holes; bearing writing on both sides. On the front, there are portions of various columns running along the fibres and damaged in places. On the back there are 23 lines written across the fibres, with all margins extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

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